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Jerry Weyer co-founded Clement & Weyer Digital Communication Consultants in 2014 and consults European institutions in Luxembourg on social media management. He studied European law at Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg and at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a founding member of Pirate Party Luxembourg and former Co-Chairman of the Pirate Parties International (PPI).

I previously wrote that there were some remaining obstacles for an accessible European citizens’ initiative (“ECI”) in Luxembourg. On January 25th the Commission on Institutions and Constitutional Revision of the Luxembourgish Parliament (“the commission”) discussed the draft law and made some (but no enough) modifications to the text. At the...

European Union Pirate Parties – mapping the common principles In order to find the common principles of Pirate Parties I made a list of ideas that EU Pirate Parties officially supported in their programm1: Common principles to EU Pirate Parties (Pad).2 I try to keep the list up-to-date and hope...

I previously wrote about the first hearing and the Advocate General’s opinion of the Scarlet case before the European Court of Justice. Today, the court gave its verdict which reflects my opinion expressed earlier: a court ordered injunction forcing ISPs to install general monitoring of consumers internet traffic is a...